Research and Discovery: of knowledge and the people in the new century
Venues
- Spa Wells
- Registration, Reception, lectures, seimineáir and set dancing classes
- Burren Arts Centre (Ballyvaughan)
- Léacht — Éanna Ní Lamhna (22/8)
- Convent School
- Renew your Irish
- National School
- Introduction to Gaelic Clare
- Royal Spa Hotel
- Club Merriman
- Burren Castle Hotel
- Poetry reading (25/8)
Thanks
Cumann Merriman wishes to thank all those who have assisted in the organisation and funding of this School, in particular the Lisdoonvarna Merriman Summer School Committee, Clare County Council, Foras na Gaeilge and Bank of Ireland.
Lisdoonvarna Merriman School Committee
- Marian O’Callaghan
- Mary O’Flaherty
- Chris O’Neill
- Shawn Jordan
Saturday 18
- 17.00
- Registration at Spa Wells
- 19.00
- Reception at Spa Wells
- 20.00
- Opening of the School
- By John Hegarty, Provost, Trinity College, Dublin
- 20.30
- Ways of Knowing 1
- Introduction to the Theme of the School — Creativity, Intuition, Inspiration and Hard Work in Science and Literature: The Story of Knowledge
- Willie Reville
- Chair: Jim Malone
- 10.30 p.m
- Club Merriman — Royal Spa Hotel. Music and sets
Sunday 19
- 12.00
- Clare/Polka Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 1
- With Johnny Morrissey and Betty Mc Coy
- 15.00
- Lecture — Terrible Beauty or Celtic Mouse: The Research Agenda for a Knowledge‑Based Society
- John Hayden & Ruth Barrington
- 20.30
- Lecture — Bad Blood — Overwhelming Success and Catastrophic Failure: Leukaemia and the Blood Scandals
- Shaun Mc&Cann
- Chair: Jerry O’Dwyer
- 22.30
- Club Merriman — Royal Spa Hotel. Music and sets
Monday 20
- 10.00
- Seimineáir Ghaeilge 1
- Niall Ó Cléirigh
- Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
- 10.00
- a) Renew Your Irish 1
- Eoghan Ó hAnluain
- b) An introduction to Gaelic Clare 1
- Michael Mc Mahon
- 12.00
- Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 2
- 15.00
- Lecture — The God Question and Science
- Gabriel Daly
- Chair: Willie Reville
- 20.30
- Lecture — Issues at the Beginning and the End of Life
- William Binchy
- Chair: Camillus Power
- 22.30
- Club Merriman — Royal Spa Hotel. Music and sets
Tuesday 21
- 10.00
- Seimineár Ghaeilge 2
- Aoibheann Nic Dhonnchadha
- Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
- 10.00
- a) Renew your Irish 2
- Eoghan Ó hAnluain
- b) An introduction to Gaelic Clare 2
- 12.00
- Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 3
- 15.00
- Lecture — Pain and the Whole Person: Conventional, Holistic and Alternative Approaches
- Camillus Power
- Chair: Geraldine Connolly
- 20.30
- Lecture — Health Promotion and Social Variation: There’s No Such Thing as Class in Ireland
- Cecily Kelleher
- Chair: Gabriel Daly
- Club Merriman — Royal Spa Hotel. Music and sets
Wednesday 22
- 10.00
- Turas — A geological and botanical tour of the Burren, led by Éanna Ní Lamhna
- Léacht
- Éanna Ní Lamhna, Burren Arts Centre, Ballyvaughan
- Returning to Lisdoonvarna by 5.00 p.m.
- 20.30
- Entertainment —
From Bicycles to Molecules
: an Evening in the Company of Myles na gCopaleen and the Third Policeman - Dermot Diamond and Martin Croghan
- 22.30
- Club Merriman — Royal Spa Hotel. Music and sets
Thursday 23
- 10.00
- Seimineár Ghaeilge 3
- Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
- 10.00
- a) Renew your Irish 3
- Eoghan Ó hAnluain
- (b) An introduction to Gaelic Clare 3
- 12.00
- Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 4
- 15.00
- Ways of Knowing 3
- Léacht — Towards an Epistemology of the Imagination
- John O’Donohue
- 20.30
- Lecture — The Weather: a Formative Influence on Culture and Civilisation
- Brendan Mc Williams
- 22.30
- Club Merriman — Royal Spa Hotel. Music and sets
Friday 24
- 10.00
- Seimineár Ghaeilge 4
- Cathaoirleach: Liam Ó Dochartaigh
- 10.00
- a) Renew Your Irish 4
- Eoghan Ó hAnluain
- b) An introduction to Gaelic Clare 4
- 12.00
- Sets and Two‑Hand Dances 5
- 15.00
- Lecture — Technology and Music: Instruments, Machines and the Spirit of Music
- Dermot Furlong et al.
- Chair: Doireann Ní Bhriain
- 17.00
- Reception for participants
- Host: Peter Doyle (EC)
- 20.30
- Lecture — The Science of Mind: Neurosciences and the Soul
- Maureen Gaffney
- 22.30
- Club Merriman — Royal Spa Hotel. Music and sets
Saturday 25
- 10.00
- Poetry Reading
- Presented by Seán Mac Réamoinn, Doireann Ní Bhriain, Eoghan Ó hAnluain
- Researched by Máire Ní Mhurchú
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